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IRRIGATION DATA

Irrigation Amounts by Crop - 2004
Summarized for the 14 counties of the Lower Flint Ochlockonee WPR



2004
2008


  2000 2004 2008
Row Crops      
     Cotton 13.1 7.1 16.8
     Peanut 12.2 6.5 11.6
     Corn 16.1 9.1 9.1
     Soybean 9.6 4.5 7.6
     Tobacco 9.0 5.8 4.8
     Small Grain 6.5 3.3 6.7
Hay and Pasture      
     Pasture 9.4 2.9 9.0
Vegetables      
     Vegetable Drip 14.1 9.4 11.4
     Vegetable Spray 13.5 9.9 12.6
Fruit and Nut      
     Pecan Drip 14.2 9.0 13.9
     Pecan Sprinkler 14.4 8.6 14.2
     Peach 25.0 12.0 9.5
     Blueberry 10.8 7.0 10.7
     Grape 13.5 9.0 12.0
Specialty Irrigation      
     Greenhouse 29.8 21.9 29.6
Crops for Landscapes      
     Sod Production 15.7 14.1 19.8
     Nursery Plants 31.1 20.0 33.7
Non-Agriculural Areas      
     Golf & Athletic 16.6 12.3 15.5
       


Source: University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service 2000, 2004, & 2008 Irrigation Survey. Irrigation Surveys are an approximately quadrennial survey prepared from county level data assembled by Agricultural Agents for their respective counties. More information on the statewide survey and its published references can be found here.

Last Updated on 10/27/08 by Annie Horak, Shane Conger and Jim Hook